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The Key Concepts of Behaviorism in Psychology
Behaviorism is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, and conditioning ...
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87 Years Ago, a Legendary Psychologist Discovered Skinner’s Law. It’s Still the Secret to Sticking With Your New Year’s Resolution
If you took an intro to psych course back in high school or college, you may remember B.F. Skinner as the father of “behaviorism.” He’s the guy who trained rats and pigeons to press levers ...
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One Analysis to Rule Them All
Functional analysis is an old concept within psychology. Recent scientific advances in understanding human language can put ...
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Watson launches behaviorist school of psychology
Watson's own rather extreme version of behaviorism has been refined over the years. In the 1950s and 1960s, B.F. Skinner pursued behaviorism with the view of improving the human condition ...
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Obituaries - B.F. Skinner, Morley Richard Kare, Dorothea Bennett
B.F. Skinner, 86, died of leukemia last month in Cambridge, Mass. The noted behaviorist had received a lifetime achievement award two days earlier from the American Psychological Association at its ...